Dividends and Treasury Stock

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2020

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

DIVIDENDS AND TREASURY STOCK

Dividends paid to Raven shareholders were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	July 31, 2020		July 31, 2019		July 31, 2020		July 31, 2019
Dividends paid^(a)	$	4,660	$	4,671	$	9,318	$	9,353

Dividends paid per share (in cents per share)^(a)	13.0		13.0		26.0		26.0

^(a)There were no declared and unpaid shareholder dividends at July 31, 2020 or 2019.

On November 3, 2014, the Company announced that its Board of Directors ("Board") had authorized a $40,000 stock buyback program. Since that time, the Board has provided additional authorizations to increase the total amount authorized under the program to $75,000. This authorization remains in place until the authorized spending limit is reached or such authorization is revoked by the Board.

The Company had no share repurchases in the three- and six-month periods ended July 31, 2020. Pursuant to the aforementioned authorizations, the Company repurchased 102,477 and 163,177 shares in the three- and six-month periods ended July 31, 2019. These purchases totaled $3,500 and $5,781, respectively. There were no share repurchases unpaid at July 31, 2020 or 2019. The remaining dollar value authorized for share repurchases at July 31, 2020 is $17,179.